If this is the response, what came before? Response The British tax rates ranged from 0.833% on income starting at £60 to 10% on income above £200.
A dialog between 2 people:
 P1) What was the main reason for the creation of the income tax?.
 P2) What seemed to be a straightforward limitation on the power of the legislature based on the subject of the tax proved inexact and unclear when applied to an income tax, which can be arguably viewed either as a direct or an indirect tax..
 P1) When was the first income tax suggested in the United States?.
 P2) The first income tax suggested in the United States was during the [[War of 1812]]..
 P1) What was the proposed tax based on?.
 P2) The idea for the tax was based on the British Tax Act of 1798..
 P1) How did the British tax law work?.
 P2) The British tax law applied progressive rates to income..
 P1) What were the rates?.
 P2) 